His interests have also evolved and he supports the News Integrity Initiative that connects journalists, technologists, academic institutions and communities to combat fake news. “People need access to reliable news and information and I am concerned about where news is headed,” he says. So advertisers know here’s a 50-year-old middle-aged man with a mid-life crisis who wants boats. They pay for clicks,” said Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales at a discussion on fake news. The developing world is shouldering the burden, but the developed world is being told that refugees will be a burden,” she says.

Source: Hindustan Times January 24, 2018 18:11 UTC